Lets take a quick look at a few of the stories on the Front Pages. Starting with the Daily Telegraph, the headline on the Front Page, of course, we have been talking about it, new phase of Mideast War after Walkie Talkie blitz. If we move on to the guardian, unsurprisingly, the top Story Tonight on newsnight again is on the Front Page, fears of escalation as Second Wave of deadly explosions hits 11 on. And the Daily Express has the same headline, or a very similar one, Walkie Talkie blasts in Second Wave of attacks, against hezbollah up to his following page explosions. And the daily mirror, after pager attack, Walkie Talkie bomb blitz, everyone seems to go with those headlines and as i say, unsurprising. The Daily Mail has come labour has undermined israel, says netanyahu. And I Think finally, there is the daily star, the king of the carriages. They have a different Front Page Keir Starmer, we havejust been have a different Front Page Keir Starmer, we have just been talking about it.
The entire country has emitted as much Carbon Dioxide since the 19505 as americans have in wait for it the last three days and in the uk, conservationists declare an emergency, as Butterfly Numbers fall to their lowest on record. We start this hour in the Middle East, where at least 20 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a new wave of attacks in lebanon this time its Walkie Talkies that have been detonated. The latest blasts come just 2a hours after pagers used by the armed Group Hezbollah exploded simultaneously across the country killing at least 12 people and leaving more than 3,000 in hospital. Iran which backs hezbollah has described the attacks as mass murder. Hezbollah is blaming israel and has vowed to retaliate. Israeli Defence Minister Yoav gallant says the country is opening a new phase in the Gaza War and the Centre Of Gravity is shifting to the north. 0ur Senior International Correspondent 0rla Guerin sent this report from beirut. Hezbollah, coming to bury its
On the year did not deliver perfection, so we have the big tech stocks selling off. That is a big market drag. Looking at the worst week going back to march. David but they are not buying bonds. What is that about . Abigail it is interesting they are not buying bonds, they are not looking for that haven hedge against the stock. It tells you may be investors think the text selling will be a oneweek type of thing, although a second week in a row, or it could be to your point from earlier around the fed, the ultimate buyer so it some point the fed will be back in. Not that big of a deal. Harder to look at bonds as a cross asset tell given the fact you do have the fed in their. You have the yield curve steepening. That could cause stocks to get more jumpy. It is healthy to have the yield curve steepening, but it can create gyrations. We have oil lower. Do your point they are selling everything on this friday. Guy thank you so much for that report david site you thank you so much for that r
Hold on. This is a tease. Stealing the thunder already this thats right, we are going to talk about this in just a moment anybody still on radio has to wait a second. Take a look at the futures this hour dow futures down about 170, s p off by 2 and nasdaq down by 81. Yesterday, nasdaq down about 1 . Crude oil prices, lets check that quickly we had been watching that contract build up. The july contract build up to just over 34 yesterday. Lets call it even at 32. Then there is the treasury market weve been watching youll see the 10year note has been yielding 0. 64 . A little pressure there too. Take away. With that tease, it feems like months now, weve had really big guests and corporations a big interview at 8 00 a. M. Eastern. Well talk all things economy with former Vice President joe biden about the pandemic, the race for the white house and so much more. Well do that at 8 00 a. M. Live with him a big interview to look forward to on this friday. Tgif i know all the days roll togethe